fasteddy999 wrote:
> homemadeenergizer wrote:
>
>>Is there some way to grow yeast using a homemade alternative to the yeast
>>energizer sold for wine making? I'd like to be able to re-use the yeast from
>>one batch of fermentation for successive batches. Subsequent batches do not
>>ferment well, I assume because of a lack of nutrients in juice (I'm making
>>apple cider from bottled juce). I'd like to be able to avoid having to buy
>>yeast and energizer from the wine making store. Is there anything I could
>>get at the supermarket that would work well for "reenergizing" used yeast?
>>Would pureed bananas, a different type of juice (grape?) or flour and water
>>or something like that work?
>>
>>
>>Thanks
>
>

Well I tried to boil some potato and the clear juice I used a bit of
once, but I had like shreded bit I threw out. It did seem to work quite
well, but back then I didn't go high alcchol and something went wrong
and it freaked me out because the lalvin 1118 seemed to infect me and
eventually I got rid of it after a week or so. I think the count was too
high and its internals had been fueled by the potato... ... ...

no probs with lalvin1118 after yeast nutrient and high alcohol

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